A finite element method to correct deformable image registration errors in low-contrast regions

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3499-3515

  Zhong, Hualiang ^a   Kim, Jinkoo ^a   Li, Haisen ^a   Nurushev, Teamour ^a   Movsas, Benjamin ^a   Chetty, Indrin J ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; AVERAGE ERRORS; BENCHMARK MODELS; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUGATED GRADIENT METHOD; CORRECTION METHOD; CT IMAGE; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; DEFORMATION MAP; DISPLACEMENT VECTOR FIELDS; ELASTIC SYSTEMS; FEM SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; HIGH CONTRAST; IMAGE INTENSITIES; IMAGE REGISTRATION ALGORITHM; IMAGE-GUIDED; INTENSITY-BASED; MAXIMUM ERROR; MESH REFINEMENT; REGISTERED IMAGES; REGISTRATION ACCURACY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TARGET IMAGES; TETRAHEDRAL MESHES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; REFINING; STATISTICS; UROLOGY;

ALGORITHMS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; PROSTATE;

EID: 84861115503     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/11/3499     Document Type: Article

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